The Freedom and Independence of American Women

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 25 April 1888, Page 4

The Freedom and Independen ce of America n Women

I THINK Ulal tho gleit IOI>M)I1 \\ll> tIILMO aie uiiiny unman icd men 1- boCMue they cannot find the women io mai !') then), icmaiks aw i Hoi in tho B<»l»it <!n.<th. An Ameiican giil who is self-i expect ing may lviU 1 j u^ t a^- good asocial position a^ an atti^t 01 journalist as she would ha\oa- the wife ot a wealthy merchant She doe nol get lonesome lor waiit of c-mn panionetiip, for she in mho toh:i\e ;i "chum " who chips in with hot. It they me uru-a-*, they take <i .-ludio to^ethei, and shaie llie expenses <A models and drapem.-- .i^ well as of houbckcepin^. If they aic join n;ili-4s, they take lodjiin^s together, and eat tojxetiiGi when they can, if not the midday meal 01 dinner, ceitainly bieaktasL and late suppci — the lattei the jollie.'-t meal of the day, or the ni«j;ht, as it is eaten at ]2 or thereabouts and usually counts of a Wekh laiebit and a bottle of ale. One oi the two is sure to bo something of a eouU, at kaM enough of one to make a good potato salad and a Welbh rarebit. Nob only aie there counties journalists, but there aie c\en more aitisU, or ait students, and young women who aie engaged in deeorati\e art woik. Tl>cn lo)katthe woman hicnographei^and t.ypc-writei>, who can cam anywhere from Cl to £7 h week. They arc usually pietty well eontpiited with their lor ; and enjoy the business cues that they have assumed. They like the ideaol going to an oJhce every day and working at a de-^k. There i" a fieedom about the lite of a working woman, in the departments f have mentioned, that cannot be had in any other way, although young women all o\er the country may be said to enjoy an unusual amount of freedom, and girls cairy latch keys now whose fathers were denied that piivilegc by their iathcirf.

Poisonous Cosmetics.— Most contain load or arsenic. Sonio may contain less than others, but all have somo. A few applications to fcho face ellcot no injury but when the habit ol using cosmolics is* onco confirmed it is neccsary to keep it up if one does not wish an utfly complexion. Constant uso makes the skin rough and destroys beyond recovery its tissues. For actresses the u?e of cosmetics is usually thought necessary, for it heightens the natural colour, hides the hletni-.hos of homely f.ices, and gives them a good effect from a distance. But to the majoiiiy of women it is of no earthly service, and ouly a detriment. It does not add to ths beauty of the natural complexion ; it makes tlio face sallow, unhealthy, ajid unnatural. You can tell faces on which cosmotics have been applied at a glauce. Women sit. up late at night, eat late suppers, drink sbiong collce, get indigestion, and then complain of poor complexions. To make their faces clear and unblemished they uec cctsmetips. Gootl health is the best cQsmetic f